the educational system has improved. eight million children go to school. more than one-third are girls. 30% of teachers are female teachers. the health situation is better. more health centers have opened. child mortality has decreased. life expectancy has increased in particular for women. so we have seen a lot of progress in afghanistan. >> rose: do you believe that there will be some success in closing down the sort of porousness of the afghan/pakistan border so the taliban forces, which have had a kind of safe haven can be closed? >> the border region is really a problem. and wherever we engage with the pakistani government or pakistani military we encourage them to step up the fight against terrorists and extremists in the border region. it remains an unsolved problem. i have to say that. and this is a reason why-- while our relationship with pakistan is sometimes a bit problematic the bottom line is that we need a strong partnership with pakistan if we are to solve these border problems. >> rose: what are the opportunities or the challenges for nato